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Some Rare Bootlegs – One Original and A Few Covers
“As a producer, I’m really interested in interpretation,” Street continues. “But most people don’t even begin to put their own personalities into their music. Chris, though, has gone all the way through the blues and out the other side. He’s really the only guy around who has that thing that Jimi Hendrix and Robert Johnson … Continue reading Some Rare Bootlegs – One Original and A Few Covers
Expenses and Revenues of a Representative Record Contract
Excerpt from Steve Albini, “The Problem with Music.” The Baffler No. 5, December 1993 These figures are representative of amounts that appear in record contracts daily. There’s no need to skew the figures to make the scenario look bad, since real-life examples more than abound. Advance: $250,000 Manager’s cut: $37,500Legal fees: $10,000 Recording Budget: $150,000Producer’s … Continue reading Expenses and Revenues of a Representative Record Contract
More Heat-Seekers than Heat: Understanding Chris’s ‘Success’
In the United States, the top one percent of the population has over 15 times more wealth than the bottom 50 percent, as of late 2020: “According to the latest Fed data, the top 1% of Americans have a combined net worth of $34.2 trillion (or 30.4% of all household wealth in the U.S.), while … Continue reading More Heat-Seekers than Heat: Understanding Chris’s ‘Success’
Mystery Gig: 1995-06-20
Here’s an 11-song set whose origins are unclear. I think that I might have downloaded it from one of those monster bootleg sites, e.g., Wolfgang’s or the Concert Archives. Both of those sites are notoriously lacking in reliable data, so it’s possible that the date is wrong. Further, there’s no venue provided. But it’s clearly … Continue reading Mystery Gig: 1995-06-20
